Present Commitment and Activities

• Provision of a safe house, Agape Children Centre, where these children can experience Christian love and commitment. We aim to provide shelter for ragpickers and orphaned children between five and twelve years of age, demonstrating and encouraging social skills and hygiene, and enabling them to bathe, rest, play, and wash their clothing. At the present time we have a children's centre for boys and a children's centre for girls. The boy's centre is at Chikkajala Village on the Bangalore International Airport road. Presently it has fourteen boys and four staff workers. The girl's center is at No. 3 Church Street, Lingarajapuram, Bangalore-560084. Presently it has thirteen girls and four staff workers.
  
  
• We provide clothing, medical helps, and one free meal a week for the boys, those who are still on the streets.
  
  
• We encourage them to save money.
  
  
• We discourage borrowing money.
  
  
• We run a well attended Street Children Club on all Wednesday evenings, with the provision of items for play, a hot meal, vitamin tablets, nursing care, counseling, and a children's church service on all Saturdays. These children have integrated well with regular church members, and through informal talks and befriending, are starting to trust us and be less defensive.
  
  
• Non-formal education is provided on weekdays, with over twenty children attending. We aim to teach basic English vernacular language and equip them with knowledge and skills for every day life.